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UK based writer and freelancer.
Founder & Editor of British independent media outlet Cone Magazine.
Documentary production (most recently interviewing BBC Radio 1 DJ Moxie, and founder of Boiler Room/ NTS Radio).
Copywriting and press releases
Writing this feature days before pre-orders of the Oculus Rift were to be dispatched, I look at a brief history of virtual reality, as well as the future, and its impact on the music industry, with interviews between 5 of the most active companies in the industry.
A few years ago ago, La Fleur (real name Sanna) abandoned a career in pharmaceuticals for the dizzying uncertainty of becoming a full-time DJ...
This year I travelled to the Croatian festival Dimensions for a week of sunshine and high octane electronic dance music. Read my review of the festival DJ Mag.
Some regional press coverage of a night I put on for my magazine.
Mancunian Andrew Carthy aka Mr. Scruff is many things. A father, a DJ, a producer, a cafe manager, promoter, and illustrator. So having the chance to pick his brains, in the run up to his appearance at El Dorado festival 2016, really does open the floor up to a wide discussion.
In four years, Danish producer Henrik Koefod (aka Erosion Flow) has gone from co-creating the Copenhagen club night Rare Nights, to garnering international recognition with the release of last years self-titled debut EP on Man Make Music...
Taking his name from the street on which he lived in his hometown of Paris, Lazare Hoche aka Charlie Naffah is a spearhead for the French underground dance community...
brought with it Hip Hop and the city's owned unique twist - Trip Hop, epitomised by world renowned Bristolian artists like Bristol city is a UK landmark for culture, with a noticeably vibrant music scene that dates back to the late 70's.
In 2014, Clouth's debut EP on Leisure System, the Clockwork Atom EP, was named one of the best releases of the year by Bleep, and in 2015 he followed it with the Deep Field 12", a stomping showcase of his focused sound design and knack for memorable melodies.
Nills Frahm is irrevocably sensitive, both in his musical output as well as his public demeanour. With such a keen eye to the intricate relationship between sound and emotion, it was unquestionable that his contribution to the well respected compilation series would be one of notable merit.
The boutique festival set amongst a patchwork of golden cornfields in the sleepy Hertfordshire meadows seems about as far removed from the cityscape as you can be. However, being only an hour commute north of London, the trip down was notably short lived.
Sheffield’s techno spearhead Lo Shea returns for his second release in 2015, served with a Zenker Brothers remix out on DEXT Recordings.
In our latest episode of Speaker Cone, we catch up with A&R / label manager for one of Belgium's landmark record labels, Eskimo Recordings, to talk about the music scene in Belgium and the challenges in running a record label in 2015. Speaker Cone /\ Eskimo Recordings Label Manager Nadiem Shah by Cone_Magazine on Mixcloud Since ...